Barcelona have confirmed Thierry Henry and Yaya Touré are to leave the club. Both players were widely expected to leave the Nou Camp this summer, with Henry tipped to move to Major League Soccer in the United States and Touré thought to be on the verge of a switch to Manchester City.

A statement on Barcelona's official website read: "Barcelona director-general Joan Oliver has said that the club has agreed the exits of Yaya Touré and Thierry Henry but that at the moment the final moves are in their hands."

Henry, a member of the France World Cup squad which endured a disastrous campaign in South Africa, joined Barcelona from Arsenal in 2007 but, despite winning the Champions League in 2009 and two La Liga titles, he has not been able to replicate the form he showed in London.

The 32-year-old, who started 15 times in the league for Barça last term, scoring four goals, is expected to follow David Beckham in crossing the Atlantic to play in MLS.

Touré, whose World Cup campaign with Ivory Coast also came to an end at the group stage, should start the new season at Manchester City.

The Barcelona website added: "In case of Touré, Oliver has recognised an understanding between the club interested in the midfielder, Manchester City, and Barça, but the transfer cannot be made official yet."

Touré will seal a move to Eastlands in the next few days, according to his agent.

The new Barça president, Sandro Rosell, takes over from Joan Laporta on Thursday and the move should be finalised shortly after that.

"I think we will have a solution this week. In fact, I would say that [it will be done] on the first or second of July – maybe on the second because the first will be a very busy day at Barça with the change of president," the agent Dimitri Seluk told the Barcelona-based daily newspaper Sport.

Seluk said he would speak to Rosell but that his player's mind was made up to leave Barça and join City.

"Yes, we have to talk but of course the reality is not going to change in one moment," he said. "Yaya wants to play the important games and he knows that he will be an important player at Manchester City. It is not a money problem, as I have said 1,000 times, but a problem of [the lack of] confidence [that Barça have in him]."

Oliver also revealed that the sporting director, Txiki Begiristain, will be leaving the club.